Feminine Chaos

Kat and Phoebe discuss Ozempic (the new lobotomy!), American patriotism (the new Zionism!), and the sad, strange, entirely predictable downfall of Graham Platner (we told you so!). LINKS: The Drug That Made Me Want Less Previously, on Platner: Kat’s reporting on death doulas: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femch...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com In a special episode to make up for last month’s shortfall and last week’s forgotten shoutouts, Kat and Phoebe discuss review-tagging, hate-following, and why one extremely tall politician was chased away from a trans pride parade. LINKS: Is heterosexuality hopeless? | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the Bluesky backlash against Phoebe’s book, the Twitter suffrage discourse that made it feel, ever so briefly, like 2017 again, and the big, Gay link between the two. Also, a rare cat cameo! LINKS:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe turn their attention to young men and their trends, from vegetable haircuts to looksmaxxing to sending ill-considered (read: wildly anti-Semitic) emails to people who want to give them jobs! LINKS: Do Gen Z women actually find the popular male “broccoli” hairstyle attractive? : r/GenZ Broccoli hai...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the character of aspiring senator and porta-potty masturbator Graham Platner, the romantic philosophy of the horror film Obsession , and what happens when an unrequited affection meets an immovable incel. LINKS: Graham Platner, haver of normal ones: Obsession, for men:

Phoebe airs her grievances vis-a-vis being reverse scooped by a certain New York Times article, Kat discusses the contours of her post-cancellation comeback, and everyone agrees that if that guy actually was turned into a newt, that was pretty bad and he probably deserves an apology. LINKS: Phoebe actually does want it in the newspaper that she’s mad: Kat’s cursèd cancellation: This is a public ep...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the fallout over an expose of the finances of the bestselling author of the new memoir, Strangers. LINKS: Was I Married to a Stranger? - The New York Times Jessica Winter at the New Yorker has some receipts: What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s “Strangers” | The New Yorker Emily Gould’s defe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in Jewish canine sexual aggression, a vintage Lena Dunham controversy, and a buzzy new novel that has all the tradwives talking. LINKS: Come see us in Toronto! And buy Phoebe’s book ! Bad dogs, if true: The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians - The New York Times Kat on...

Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Suzy Weiss to discuss the lemon-stealing literati, the dubious sex appeal of leftist Twitch streamers, the friends who take Ozempic without our permission, and what the youths think about the personal essay industrial complex. LINKS: Come celebrate Phoebe’s book launch in Toronto! Opinion | ‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’ - The New Yo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe are joined once again by the inimitable Leigh Stein for a discussion of the latest in memoirland. LINKS:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon penis politics, miniskirts after 40, and the underbelly of the femosphere. LINKS: Anti-Trans Health Secretary RFK Jr. Once Cut Off Dead Raccoon’s Genitals in Front of His Kids | Them Goldilocks can’t find a skirt The angry young women who don’t want to date men No hoo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss heteronormativity, Playboy magazine, and Torontonian raccoons making a sexual spectacle of themselves. LINKS: Buy our books! The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men How to Survive in the Woods: A Novel Coon Dick Toothpick Raccoon Baculum Penis Bone Toothpick for 1 From USA # STP - Etsy Ag...

Kat and Phoebe discuss the alleged homicide of millennial feminism and, for the absolute last time, the fallout from that memoir . LINKS: She Wrote a Book About Her Throuple. The Internet Lost Its Mind — featuring Leigh “Current” Stein, Phoebe “Day” Maltz Bovy, and Kat “The Internet” Rosenfield: “Now much of the current - day internet has decided she either isn’t who they thought she was or is lyi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the new Netflix dating show Age of Attraction, what it tells us about the state of the culture, and why we’re rooting for these crazy kids (who are in some cases old enough to be the other’s grandparent.) LINKS: Go on, you know you want to: Watch Age of Attraction | Netflix Official Site H...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the attempted MeTooing of an Illinois politician, the wide-eyed middle aged lady who outed him, and the disgusting perverts who find themselves sexually attracted to— and please try not to vomit —grown adults in their early twenties. LINKS: The only take you need on l’affaire …

Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Leigh Stein for a discussion of disappointing sandwiches, internet feminism, philandering men, and a trendy new memoir that covers all these topics and then some. LINKS: Everyone on this podcast has written a book you can buy! Click here for Kat’s sexy wilderness thriller, here for Phoebe’s straight lady manifesto, and here for Leigh’s gothic internet sat...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Phoebe has a dead animal update! Then: discussing the latest installment in the “I wish I didn’t have kids” discourse and the function of regret narratives. Stories From Real Women Who Regret Having Children Daycare is not evil - by Darby Saxbe - Natal Gazing Kat goes viral with demography tweet: https://x.com/k...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss an outburst at the BAFTAs, a cryptoracist at the PTA, and being tormented by demonic visions of dog-stabbing. LINKS: Hunter College professor Allyson Friedman placed on leave for racist hot-mic comments

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss French sex criminals, prenuptial agreements, and the risks and rewards of love. Links: Gisèle Pelicot, the Woman at the Center of Rape Trial That Shook France, Shares Her Story - The New York Times Why heartbreak is good for you - UnHerd Why Millennials Love Prenups | The New Yorker

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss an imbroglio in the beauty blogosphere, a very non-binary controversy, and sticking needles where the sun don’t shine. LINKS: Drama!!!! As Ilia Malinin clinches gold for the US skating team…

Kat and Phoebe discuss the Doordash discourse, the Epstein files, and (very briefly) the closure of the Kennedy Center for a two-year gold leafening. Also, book news! LINKS: Preorder Phoebe’s book! Preorder Kat’s book! Kat on tour! How DoorDash and Other Food Delivery Apps Are Reshaping Mealtime in the U.S. - The New York Times Phoebe on out-of-season asparaus Nellie Bowles: The Journalist and the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss some freaky hands we saw on television and how we’re getting real “getting Boss Baby vibes” vibes from some of the ICE protest discourse. LINKS: The baby hands:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss a viral sweater for single ladies, the difference between ideology and sensibility, and Kat’s latest investigative reporting on a MeToo’d man. LINKS:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss social media, stolen brains, the decorating prowess of Donald Trump, a writerly beef over who is or is not fancy, and a curious piece of fanfiction written about one of your Feminine Chaos co-hosts. LINKS: Kat on the Kennedy Center: What’s the opposite of fan fiction? (Kat responds in the...

Kat and Phoebe discuss last month’s big viral article on the plight of the millennial white guy (and violently disagree)! Also: Kat confesses to being a diversity hire, and Phoebe vows to professionally wrestle any man who dares tread on the sacred turf of straightness studies. This is our free episode for January; if you enjoy it, please consider subscribing! LINKS: Jacob Savage, unlike Dan Savag...